Food & Water Watch

Unlike climate change, there is no scientific consensus on GMOs, and much of the evidence that the biotech industry and its advocates use to promote the consensus myth is spurious, inaccurate and, well, unscientific.

Fracking, a process that intentionally causes thousands of “microearthquakes” when the rock containing oil or gas is fractured apart, is shaking things up — literally. Fracking, along with the disposal of toxic fracking waste through underground injection control wells, has been linked to induced seismicity — in other words, to human-caused earthquake activity.

ReThink Energy Florida was one of the lead organizations for the Florida Anti-Fracking Coalition, which called for a ban on fracking in Florida.

Allowing Line 5 to continue operating puts the Great Lakes and the region’s environment, public health and economy at risk, solely for the benefit of a company’s profits. 

Pipeline expansion facilitates oil and gas drilling and fracking, which jeopardizes the environment and exacerbates climate change, all in exchange for dubious public economic benefits.

Somerset County should not be a dumping and burning ground for the profit-seeking poultry industry and outside corporate investors. 

To secure favorable scientific reviews of new products, agribusiness industry groups play an enormous role in the production of scientific literature, authoring journal articles, funding academic research and also serving as editors, sponsors or directors of scientific journals where much of their research is published.

Leaked documents from the TPP have confirmed some of our worst fears.

"Free trade" agreements facilitate trade between nations, but can result in degraded standards for environmental and food regulations. Here are some frequent questions:

Move Florida forward — ban fracking now!